2017–18 Crawley Town F.C. season

Crawley Town
2017–18 season
Chairman	Ziya Eren
Manager	Harry Kewell
Stadium	Broadfield Stadium
League Two	14th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Sussex Senior Cup	Runners up
Top goalscorer	League: Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals); Jimmy Smith (10 goals); All: Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals); Jimmy Smith (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,008 vs Swindon Town; (2 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance	435 vs Fulham U23s; (29 November 2017)
Average home league attendance	2,268
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season will be Crawley Town's 122nd season in their history and their third consecutive season in League Two.^[1] Along with League Two, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

First team squad

As of 5 May 2018

No.	Name	Position	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Glenn Morris	GK	2016	(1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 40)	Gillingham	87	0
12	Yusuf Mersin	GK	2016	(1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 (age 30)	Kasımpaşa	15	0
Defenders
2	Lewis Young	RB	2014	(1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 35)	Bury	177	3
3	Josh Doherty	LB	2017	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28)	Ards	16	0
5	Joe McNerney	CB	2015	(1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 34)	Woking	69	5
6	Mark Connolly	CB	2016	(1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 32)	Kilmarnock	167	8
15	Josh Yorwerth	CB	2016	(1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 29)	Ipswich Town	91	4
19	Cedric Evina	LB	2017	(1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 33)	Doncaster Rovers	34	0
22	Josh Lelan	CB	2017	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 29)	Derby County	46	0
Midfielders
4	Josh Payne	DM	2016	(1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 (age 33)	Eastleigh	72	6
8	Jimmy Smith	CM	2014	(1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 37)	Stevenage	165	19
9	Karlan Ahearne-Grant	AM	2018	(1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 27)	Charlton Athletic	15	9
10	Dean Cox	LW	2016	(1987-08-12) 12 August 1987 (age 37)	Leyton Orient	27	2
11	Jordan Roberts	LW	2016	(1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 (age 30)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	62	11
17	Kaby Djaló	CM	2016	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32)	PS Kemi	39	1
18	Billy Clifford	CM	2016	(1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 32)	Boreham Wood	54	2
20	Aryan Tajbakhsh	DM	2016	(1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 (age 34)	Cray Wanderers	31	0
21	Dannie Bulman	CM	2017	(1979-01-24) 24 January 1979 (age 45)	AFC Wimbledon	328	12
25	Mark Randall	CM	2017	(1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 35)	Newport County	33	1
27	Moussa Sanoh	RW	2017	(1995-07-20) 20 July 1995 (age 29)	RKC Waalwijk	16	1
Forwards
7	Enzio Boldewijn	RW	2016	(1992-11-17) 17 November 1992 (age 31)	Almere City	100	16
23	Thomas Verheydt	CF	2017	(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 32)	MVV Maastricht	22	2
28	Panutche Camará	CF	2017	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27)	Dulwich Hamlet	34	3

New contracts

Date	Position	Name	Contract length	Contract end	Ref.
19 September 2017	CB	Josh Yorwerth	3 years	2020	^[2]
31 January 2018	GK	Glenn Morris	2.5 years	2020	^[3]
1 February 2018	CM	Josh Payne	2.5 years	2020	^[4]
2 May 2018	RB	Josh Doherty	2 years	2020	^[5]

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM	Dannie Bulman	AFC Wimbledon	Free	^[6]
1 July 2017	CF	Panutche Camará	Dulwich Hamlet	Free	^[7]
1 July 2017	CM	Mark Randall	Newport County	Free	^[8]
1 July 2017	RW	Moussa Sanoh	RKC Waalwijk	Free	^[9]
6 July 2017	CF	Thomas Verheydt	MVV Maastricht	Undisclosed	^[10]
5 September 2017	CB	Josh Doherty	Ards	Free	^[11]
13 October 2017	CB	Nathan Okoye	Waltham Forest	Free	^[12]

Out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2017	LW	Jason Banton	Woking	Released	^[13]^[a]
30 June 2017	RM	Bobson Bawling	Woking	Released	^[13]^[b]
30 June 2017	CM	Conor Henderson	Eastbourne Borough	Released	^[13]^[c]
1 July 2017	CF	James Collins	Luton Town	Undisclosed	^[17]
1 August 2017	LB	Chris Arthur	Aldershot Town	Mutual consent	^[18]^[d]
25 August 2017	LB	Andre Blackman	Barnet	Mutual consent	^[20]^[e]
31 August 2017	CF	Matt Harrold	Leyton Orient	Free	^[22]
18 January 2018	CB	Addison Garnett	Bedfont Sports	Mutual consent	^[23]^[f]
13 February 2018	CB	Nathan Okoye	Romford	Free	^[25]

^ Jason Banton joined Woking following his release.^[14]
^ Bobson Bawling joined Woking following his release.^[15]
^ Conor Henderson joined Eastbourne Borough following his release.^[16]
^ Chris Arthur joined Aldershot Town following his release.^[19]
^ Andre Blackman joined Barnet following his release.^[21]
^ Addison Garnett joined Bedfont Sports following his release.^[24]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2017	LB	Cedric Evina	Doncaster Rovers	30 June 2018	^[26]
6 July 2017	RW	Dennon Lewis	Watford	31 December 2017	^[27]
25 August 2017	CF	Ibrahim Meite	Cardiff City	1 January 2018	^[28]
30 January 2018	FW	Karlan Ahearne-Grant	Charlton Athletic	30 June 2018	^[29]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
25 August 2017	CB		Addison Garnett	Whitehawk	7 October 2017	^[20]

Pre-season

As of 22 June 2017, Crawley Town have announced seven pre-season fixtures against Brighton & Hove Albion,^[30] East Grinstead Town,^[31] Dulwich Hamlet, Bognor Regis Town,^[32] Oakwood,^[33] Chelsea XI^[34] and Portsmouth.^[35]

Win Draw Loss

8 July 2017	East Grinstead Town	1–6	Crawley Town	East Grinstead
15:00 BST	Elliott 18'	Report	Boldewijn 10' Smith 45' Cox 45' Camara 52' Harrold 61', 85'	Stadium: East Court

11 July 2017	Oakwood	0–2	Crawley Town	Crawley
19:00 BST		Report	Randall 48' Young 52'	Stadium: Tinsley Lane

11 July 2017	Oakwood	0–9	Crawley Town	Crawley
20:15 BST		Report	Roberts 2', 25' Harrold 6', 20', 30' Tajbakhsh 13' Camara 30' Sanoh 33' 42' (og.)	Stadium: Tinsley Lane

15 July 2017	Crawley Town	1–1	Chelsea XI	Crawley
15:00 BST	McNerney 87'	Report	Brown 75'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,546

18 July 2017	Dulwich Hamlet	2–4	Crawley Town	East Dulwich
19:45 BST	Dumaka 30', 42'	Report	Boldewijn 2' Camara 29', 53' Harrold 85'	Stadium: Champion Hill Attendance: 392

22 July 2017	Crawley Town	0–6	Brighton & Hove Albion	Crawley
15:00 BST		Report	March 3' Groß 30' Hemed 38' Murphy 41' Goldson 67' Murray 78'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

26 July 2017	Bognor Regis Town	1–2	Crawley Town	Bognor Regis
19:45 BST	Pearce 22'	Report	Sanoh 83' Lewis 90'	Stadium: Nyewood Lane

29 July 2017	Crawley Town	1–2	Portsmouth	Crawley
15:00 BST	Verheydt 3'	Report	Pitman 55', 75'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,603

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	46	16	11	19	58	66	−8	034.78
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
EFL Cup	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	000.00
EFL Trophy	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	000.00
Total	51	16	11	24	62	81	−19	031.37

Updated to match played 5 May 2018
Source: Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Cambridge United	46	17	13	16	56	60	−4	64
13	Colchester United	46	16	14	16	53	52	+1	62
14	Crawley Town	46	16	11	19	58	66	−8	59
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	17	5	24	62	75	−13	56
16	Stevenage	46	14	13	19	60	65	−5	55

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	16	11	19	58	66	−8	59	8	4	10	27	25	+2	8	7	9	31	41	−10

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	D
Position	22	23	24	20	16	18	18	20	17	19	20	18	18	19	19	19	18	20	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	14	14	12	12	12	10	11	9	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	12	13	13	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 9am.^[36]

5 August 2017 1	Crawley Town	1–3	Port Vale	Crawley
15:00 BST	Roberts 25' Boldewijn 53' Randall 69'	Report	Tonge 9' Kay 26' Turner 82' 84' Reeves 86' Gunning 89'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,270 Referee: Charles Breakspear

12 August 2017 2	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Crawley Town	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Eisa 38'	Report	Payne 63'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,384 Referee: Scott Oldham

19 August 2017 3	Crawley Town	0–1	Cambridge United	Crawley
15:00 BST	Roberts 34'	Report	Legge 10' Ikpeazu 40' Ibehre 63'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,059 Referee: Charles Breakspear

26 August 2017 4	Swindon Town	0–3	Crawley Town	Swindon
15:00 BST	Conroy 45+2' Lancashire 71'	Report	Evina 26' Lancashire 36' (o.g.) Smith 79', 85'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,613 Referee: Brett Huxtable

2 September 2017 5	Crawley Town	2–0	Yeovil Town	Crawley
15:00 BST	Roberts 12', 51' Young 27' Smith 29' Bulman 61' Meite 88'	Report	Nelson 17' Khan 60' Smith 69'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,024 Referee: Trevor Kettle

9 September 2017 6	Colchester United	3–1	Crawley Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Szmodics 8' Jackson 14' Kinsella 21' Mandron 38' Walker 67' Lapslie 90+1'	Report	Cox 23' Smith 66' Lewis 90'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 2,923 Referee: Graham Horwood

12 September 2017 7	Stevenage	1–1	Crawley Town	Stevenage
19:45 BST	Newton 45+1'	Report	Meite 49'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 1,922 Referee: Andy Haines

16 September 2017 8	Crawley Town	0–1	Notts County	Crawley
15:00 BST	Yorwerth 79'	Report	Grant 55' Forte 88'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,352 Referee: John Busby

23 September 2017 9	Barnet	1–2	Crawley Town	Canons Park
15:00 BST	Akinola 65' Tutonda 79'	Report	Lelan 28' Smith 63', 89' Connolly 68'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,602 Referee: Darren Handley

26 September 2017 10	Crawley Town	1–2	Newport County	Crawley
19:45 BST	Connolly 30' Tajbakhsh 78' Roberts 85'	Report	Demetriou 40', 51' Butler 48' Labadie 51' Tozer 79'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,455 Referee: Craig Hicks

30 September 2017 11	Crawley Town	0–1	Carlisle United	Crawley
15:00 BST	Roberts 40' Evina 64' Yorwerth 90+4' Young 90+5' Boldewijn 90+5'	Report	Hope 51' Hill 56' Bennett 74' Parkes 90+5' Jones 90+6'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Kevin Johnson

7 October 2017 12	Morecambe	0–1	Crawley Town	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Campbell 29' Ellison 34'	Report	Clifford 18' Sanoh 36' Roberts 45+2' McNerney 87'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,222 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

14 October 2017 13	Grimsby Town	0–0	Crawley Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report	Smith 40' Bulman 76'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,007 Referee: Gavin Ward

17 October 2017 14	Crawley Town	0–2	Chesterfield	Crawley
19:45 BST		Report	Weir 22' Dennis 73' Rowley 75' Flores 88'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Nick Kinseley

21 October 2017 15	Crawley Town	0–0	Luton Town	Crawley
15:00 BST	Lelan 83'	Report	Berry 33' Stacey 38' Sheehan 53' Potts 68'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,494 Referee: Trevor Kettle

28 October 2017 16	Lincoln City	0–0	Crawley Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Woodyard 41' Rhead 67'	Report	Yorwerth 51' Randall 84'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,038 Referee: Darren Handley

11 November 2017 17	Crawley Town	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Morris 37' Connolly 42' Payne 70' Verheydt 79'	Report	Monthé 46' Doidge 67'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,149 Referee: Tom Nield

18 November 2017 18	Wycombe Wanderers	4–0	Crawley Town	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Mackail-Smith 30', 72', 81', 83' Eze 50' Bloomfield 76' Brown 86'	Report	Evina 33' Connolly 73'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,494 Referee: Anthony Coggins

21 November 2017 19	Crawley Town	3–1	Exeter City	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Payne 34' (pen.), 90+2' Roberts 60', 81'	Report	Moxey 23', 78' Woodman 33' Taylor 35' Brown 68' Reid 85'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,580 Referee: Andy Haines

25 November 2017 20	Coventry City	1–1	Crawley Town	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Davies 30' Haynes 60' McNulty 74' McDonald 90+4'	Report	Randall 3' Roberts 42'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 6,381 Referee: Craig Hicks

9 December 2017 21	Crawley Town	2–0	Mansfield Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Smith 42' McNerney 63' Meite 90+1' 90+3'	Report	MacDonald 53'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,791 Referee: Gavin Ward

16 December 2017 22	Crewe Alexandra	3–0	Crawley Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Ainley 40' Dagnall 45', 90+4' Raynes 49' Pickering 75'	Report	Yorwerth 23' Morris 34' Evina 56' Roberts 59' Smith 61' Meite 88'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,155 Referee: Ben Toner

23 December 2017 23	Accrington Stanley	2–3	Crawley Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Kee 45+5' (pen.) Richards-Everton 53'	Report	Clark 9' (og.) Boldewijn 10', 41', 44' Randall 27' Yorwerth 39' Meite 52' Evina 89' Clifford 89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,295 Referee: Scott Oldham

26 December 2017 24	Crawley Town	0–2	Colchester United	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Lelan 45+2'	Report	Mandron 4' Kent 45+1' Szmodics 57', 86'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,154 Referee: Anthony Coggins

30 December 2017 25	Crawley Town	1–0	Stevenage	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Boldewijn 33' Payne 35'	Report	Godden 75' King 77' Gray 90+1'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,075 Referee: John Busby

1 January 2018 26	Yeovil Town	1–2	Crawley Town	Yeovil
15:00 GMT	Surridge 19' Smith 24' 37' Sowunmi 45+3' Zoko 90+13'	Report	Roberts 14' Morris 15' Young 31' Yorwerth 32' Randall 38', 44' Verheydt 90+8'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,635 Referee: Brett Huxtable

13 January 2018 27	Crawley Town	2–0	Barnet	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Connolly 11' Randall 15' Boldewijn 75', 86'	Report	Clough 37' Coulthirst 54'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,874 Referee: Nick Kinseley

19 January 2018 28	Newport County	2–1	Crawley Town	Newport
19:45 GMT	Amond 40' Demetriou 44' (pen.) Pipe 72'	Report	Smith 48' Connolly 90'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 5,741 Referee: Simon Hooper

23 January 2018 29	Notts County	1–2	Crawley Town	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Virtue 28' 90' Brisley 45' Stead 58' (pen.) Fitzsimons 90+3' Hewitt 90+5'	Report	Smith 25' Verheydt 37' Lelan 48' Payne 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,738 Referee: Rob Lewis

27 January 2018 30	Crawley Town	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Boldewijn 15', 33', 90+5' Young 73'	Report	Yorwerth 57' (og.) Johnson 62' Hughes 66' McConville 85'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Gavin Ward

3 February 2018 31	Chesterfield	1–2	Crawley Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Reed 18' Kay 47'	Report	Randall 45+2' Ahearne-Grant 57' Young 90+3'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,159 Referee: Ross Joyce

10 February 2018 32	Crawley Town	3–0	Grimsby Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Yorwerth 39' Smith 45+1' (pen.) Ahearne-Grant 62' Boldewijn 69'	Report	Wilks 10'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,055 Referee: Kevin Johnson

13 February 2018 33	Luton Town	4–1	Crawley Town	Luton
19:45 GMT	Downes 15' Lee 29' Collins 45', 75' (pen.) Berry 55', 80'	Report	Payne 58' Ahearne-Grant 87'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,020 Referee: Craig Hicks

17 February 2018 34	Crawley Town	3–1	Lincoln City	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Smith 15' Payne 48', 68' (pen.) Roberts 68' Connolly 72' Yorwerth 85' Randall 86'	Report	Green 18', 52' Waterfall 45+2' Wharton 67' Woodyard 90+1'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,809 Referee: Trevor Kettle

24 February 2018 35	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Crawley Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Reid 10' Doidge 24' Osbourne 79'	Report	Yorwerth 36' Connolly 90+5'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,346 Referee: Andy Woolmer

10 March 2018 36	Crawley Town	1–1	Morecambe	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Payne 69' Connolly 83' Yorwerth 90' Ahearne-Grant 90+3'	Report	Lavelle 59' Lang 90+1', 90+2'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,642 Referee: Brendan Malone

17 March 2018 37	Carlisle United	2–2	Crawley Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Bennett 38' Hill 45+2' Hope 47', 60' Parkes 48'	Report	Ahearne-Grant 56', 81' Boldewijn 60'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,097 Referee: Martin Coy

21 March 2018 38	Crawley Town	2–3	Wycombe Wanderers	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Ahearne-Grant 33' Payne 45+5' Smith 56' Camará 83' Connolly 88' 91'	Report	Tyson 25' Moore 31' Akinfenwa 39' Jombati 62' Jacobson 87'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,133 Referee: Graham Horwood

24 March 2018 39	Crawley Town	3–5	Cheltenham Town	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Ahearne-Grant 50' Camará 73' Young 84' McNerney 90+3'	Report	Pell 7', 12', 75' Eisa 36', 47' Boyle 53'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,172 Referee: Chris Sarginson

30 March 2018 40	Cambridge United	3–1	Crawley Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Ibehre 4' Maris 22' Brown 58'	Report	Payne 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,131 Referee: Craig Hicks

2 April 2018 41	Crawley Town	1–1	Swindon Town	Crawley
15:00 BST	Smith 25', 83'	Report	Richards 70', 85'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 5,008 Referee: Dean Whitestone

7 April 2018 42	Port Vale	1–2	Crawley Town	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Pope 20', 22' Smith 29' Montaño 80' Gibbons 84'	Report	Payne 29' (pen.) Tajbakhsh 40' Camará 47' Smith 82' (og.) Sanoh 90+6'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,005 Referee: Mike Jones

14 April 2018 43	Crawley Town	1–2	Coventry City	Crawley
15:00 BST	Young 13' Tajbakhsh 29'	Report	Ponticelli 5', 77' Doyle 64'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,294 Referee: Lee Swabey

21 April 2018 44	Exeter City	2–2	Crawley Town	Exeter
15:00 BST	Stockley 42', 57' James 72' Wilson 73'	Report	Boldewijn 29', 64' Young 65' Yorwerth 66'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,998 Referee: Anthony Coggins

28 April 2018 45	Crawley Town	1–2	Crewe Alexandra	Crawley
15:00 BST	Smith 9' Yorwerth 90+5'	Report	Ng 5' Pickering 51'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,089 Referee: Tom Nield

5 May 2018 46	Mansfield Town	1–1	Crawley Town	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Hemmings 64'	Report	Ahearne-Grant 7' Young 68' Connolly 75'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,734 Referee: Ben Toner

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss

4 November 2017 First round	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Crawley Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Morsy 26' Toney 29' Evans 71'	Report	Roberts 20'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 3,288 Referee: Martin Coy

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss

On 16 June 2017, Crawley Town were drawn away to Birmingham City in the first round.^[37]

8 August 2017 First round	Birmingham City	5–1	Crawley Town	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Adams 27', 42', 66' Davis 38' Tesche 49'	Report	Payne 43' Clifford 75' Camará 86'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 7,814 Referee: Michael Salisbury

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Crawley Town were drawn in Southern Group A against Charlton Athletic, Fulham U23s and Portsmouth.^[38]^[39]

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Round 2
2	L1	Charlton Athletic (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Round 2
3	ACA	Fulham U21 (E)	3	1	1	0	1	8	7	+1	5
4	L2	Crawley Town (E)	3	0	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Win Draw Loss

29 August 2017 1	Crawley Town	0–2	Charlton Athletic	Crawley
19:45 BST	Djaló 10' Yorwerth 43' Sanoh 59'	Report	Reeves 37' Lapslie 70'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,666 Referee: Nick Kinseley

3 October 2017 2	Portsmouth	3–1	Crawley Town	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	May 27' Clarke 30' Hawkins 35' O'Keefe 71'	Report	Djaló 53' Sanoh 65'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,527 Referee: Tim Robinson

29 November 2017 3	Crawley Town	1–3	Fulham U23s	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Meite 74'	Report	Adebayo 31' Graham 45', 85'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 435 Referee: John Busby

Sussex Senior Cup

31 October 2017 Second round	Crawley Town	3–1	Bognor Regis Town	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Clifford 44' Meite 57' Boldewijn 80'	Report	Pearce 75'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 208 Referee: Matthew Goldsmith

18 December 2017 Third round	Hastings United	0–2	Crawley Town	Hastings
19:45 GMT		Report	Lelan 5' Meite 37'	Stadium: The Pilot Field Attendance: 161 Referee: Steven Hughes

9 January 2018 Quarter-final	Eastbourne Borough	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Crawley Town	Eastbourne
19:45 GMT	Dawes 16', 67' McCallum 69'	Report	Verheydt 43', 96' (pen.) Haran 58' (og.) Cox 90+4'	Stadium: Priory Lane Attendance: 184 Referee: John Pike

6 March 2018 Semi-final	Saltdean United	0–6	Crawley Town	Lancing
19:15 GMT		Report	Smith 30', 56' (pen.), 60' Randall 35' Camará 54', 90'	Stadium: Culver Road Referee: David Spain

9 May 2018 Final	Brighton & Hove Albion U23	2–1	Crawley Town	Brighton
19:45 GMT	Tilley 82' Kerr 85'	Report	Kerr 69' (og.)	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 1,503 Referee: Matthew Goldsmith

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Glenn Morris	44	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	46	0	3	0
2	DF	Lewis Young	41	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	43	3	6	0
3	DF	Josh Doherty	11 (3)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13 (3)	0	0	0
4	MF	Josh Payne	23 (12)	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	27 (12)	5	8	1
5	DF	Joe McNerney	10 (6)	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	15 (6)	1	2	0
6	DF	Mark Connolly	40	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	41	2	9	1
7	FW	Enzio Boldewijn	44 (1)	10	1	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	45 (3)	10	5	0
8	MF	Jimmy Smith	36 (1)	10	1	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	37 (2)	10	5	1
9	MF	Karlan Ahearne-Grant	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	9	0	0
10	MF	Dean Cox	3 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	1	0
11	MF	Jordan Roberts	25 (10)	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	26 (10)	7	7	1
12	GK	Yusuf Mersin	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0
15	DF	Josh Yorwerth	37 (2)	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	41 (2)	1	11	1
17	MF	Kaby Djaló	1 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5 (1)	0	2	0
18	MF	Billy Clifford	4 (3)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	5 (7)	1	2	0
19	DF	Cedric Evina	32 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32 (2)	0	5	0
20	MF	Aryan Tajbakhsh	8 (9)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	1 (2)	0	10 (12)	0	2	0
21	MF	Dannie Bulman	34 (3)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	37 (3)	0	2	0
22	DF	Josh Lelan	29 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	31 (2)	0	4	0
23	FW	Thomas Verheydt	16 (4)	2	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	17 (5)	2	1	0
25	MF	Mark Randall	24 (8)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	25 (8)	1	8	0
27	MF	Moussa Sanoh	4 (8)	0	0	0	1	0	1 (2)	1	6 (10)	1	3	0
28	FW	Panutche Camará	14 (15)	2	1	0	0 (1)	1	3	0	18 (16)	3	1	0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
9	FW	Matt Harrold	0 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
14	DF	Andre Blackman	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF	Addison Garnett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Dennon Lewis	3 (7)	0	0	0	1	0	2 (1)	0	6 (8)	0	1	0
26	FW	Ibrahim Meite	6 (13)	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	9 (13)	3	4	0
29	DF	Nathan Okoye	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	FW	7	Enzio Boldewijn	10	0	0	0	10
1	MF	8	Jimmy Smith	10	0	0	0	10
3	MF	9	Karlan Ahearne-Grant	9	0	0	0	9
4	MF	11	Jordan Roberts	6	1	0	0	7
5	MF	4	Josh Payne	5	0	0	0	5
6	DF	2	Lewis Young	3	0	0	0	3
	FW	26	Ibrahim Meite	2	0	0	1	3
	FW	28	Panutche Camará	2	0	1	0	3
9	DF	6	Mark Connolly	2	0	0	0	2
9	FW	23	Thomas Verheydt	2	0	0	0	2
11	DF	5	Joe McNerney	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	15	Josh Yorwerth	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	18	Billy Clifford	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	25	Mark Randall	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	27	Moussa Sanoh	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals				3	0	0	0	3
Total				58	1	1	2	62

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	League Two	Total
1	1	Glenn Morris	10	10
2	12	Yusuf Mersin	0	0
Total			10	10

Last updated: 13 February 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

Summary

Games played	51 (46 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy)
Games won	16 (16 League Two)
Games drawn	11 (11 League Two)
Games lost	24 (19 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (3 EFL Trophy)
Goals scored	62 (58 League Two) (1 FA Cup) (1 EFL Cup) (2 EFL Trophy)
Goals conceded	81 (66 League Two) (2 FA Cup) (5 EFL Cup) (8 EFL Trophy)
Goal difference	–19 (−8 League Two) (−1 FA Cup) (−4 EFL Cup) (−6 EFL Trophy)
Clean sheets	10 (10 League Two)
Yellow cards	94 (88 League Two) (2 EFL Cup) (4 EFL Trophy)
Red cards	5 (5 League Two)
Most appearances	Enzio Boldewijn (48 appearances)
Top scorer	Enzio Boldewijn (10 goals) Jimmy Smith (10 goals)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 16/51 (31.37%)

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: Crawley Town F.C.

References

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^ "Josh Yorwerth pens three-year deal". Crawley Town Official Site. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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[15] Jason Banton joined Woking following his release.^[14]

[17] Bobson Bawling joined Woking following his release.^[15]

[19] Conor Henderson joined Eastbourne Borough following his release.^[16]

[23] Chris Arthur joined Aldershot Town following his release.^[19]

[26] Andre Blackman joined Barnet following his release.^[21]

[30] Addison Garnett joined Bedfont Sports following his release.^[24]

[1] "History". Statto. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2017.

[2] "Josh Yorwerth pens three-year deal". Crawley Town Official Site. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[3] "Top Cat: Glenn Morris signs new contract with Reds". Crawley Town Official Site. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

[4] "Josh Payne signs new contract until end of 2019–20 season". Crawley Town Official Site. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

[5] "Josh Doherty signs new two-year contract". Crawley Town Official Site. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

[6] "Bully's back!". Crawley Town Official Site. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[7] "Reds sign Camara". Crawley Town Official Site. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

[8] "Mark Randall joins the Reds". Crawley Town Official Site. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[9] "Moussa Sanoh signs for the Reds". Crawley Town Official Site. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[10] "Thomas Verheydt is a red!". Crawley Town Official Site. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[11] "Josh Doherty joins the club". Crawley Town Official Site. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

[12] "Nathan Okoye". Crawley Town Official Site. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

[Club_announce_release_and_retained_list-13] "Club announce release and retained list". Crawley Town Official Site. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[14] "Jason Banton signs for the Cards". Woking Official Site. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[16] "Bobson Bawling signs for the Cards". Woking Official Site. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[18] "Conor Henderson". Eastbourne Borough Official Site. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.

[20] "Collins joins Hatters". Crawley Town Official Site. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[21] "Chris Arthur leaves the club". Crawley Town Official Site. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[22] "SHOTS SIGN LEFT-BACK ARTHUR". Aldershot Town Official Site. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

[Duo_Depart-24] "Duo depart Reds". Crawley Town Official Site. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[25] "Andre Blackman: Barnet sign former Crawley Town defender on free transfer". BBC. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[27] "Matt Harrold leaves Reds". Crawley Town Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[28] "Addison Garnett leaves the club by mutual consent". Crawley Town Official Site. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

[29] "Major Signing for Sports". Bedfont Sports Official Site. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[31] "Nathan OKOYE". Romford Official Site. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[32] "Cedric Evina signs for the Reds". Crawley Town Official Site. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[33] "Reds complete Dennon Lewis signing". Crawley Town Official Site. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

[34] Ian Mitchelmore (25 August 2017). "Sol Bamba signs new three-year deal with Cardiff City as Neil Warnock confirms Ibrahim Meite has joined Crawley on loan". WalesOnline. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[35] "Karlan Ahearne-Grant makes League Two loan switch". Charlton Athletic Official Site. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[36] "Reds face Brighton in pre-season". Crawley Town Official Site. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[37] Stedman, Alex (30 May 2017). "Wasps first up for Reds in pre-season". Crawley Town Official Site. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[38] "More pre-season fixtures announced". Crawley Town Official Site. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[39] "Reds to face Oakwood". Crawley Town Official Site. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[40] "Reds face Chelsea in pre-season". Crawley Town Official Site. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[41] "Reds to host Portsmouth in final pre-season game". Crawley Town Official Site. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[42] "Fixture Release Day: 2017/18 Sky Bet EFL fixtures revealed". EFL Official Website. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[43] "Reds draw Birmingham City in first round". Crawley Town Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[44] "Checkatrade Trophy group opponents and schedule confirmed". Crawley Town Official Site. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

[45] "Checkatrade Trophy schedule and prices confirmed". Crawley Town Official Site. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

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